[This topic is part of the Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library 1.7, which has been deprecated. See
Storage Client Library for the latest version.]
Creates a page blob.
Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)
Usage
| Visual Basic |
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Dim instance As CloudPageBlob
Dim size As Long
instance.Create(size) |
Syntax
| Visual Basic |
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Public Sub Create ( _
size As Long _
) |
| C# |
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public void Create (
long size
) |
| C++ |
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public:
void Create (
long long size
) |
Parameters
- size
Type: System.Int64
The maximum size of the blob, in bytes. This value must be a multiple of 512.
Example
The following code example creates a page blob that has a maximum size of 4 MB.
| C# |  Copy Code |
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static void CreatePageBlob(Uri blobEndpoint, string accountName, string accountKey)
{
//Create service client for credentialed access to the Blob service.
CloudBlobClient blobClient =
new CloudBlobClient(blobEndpoint, new StorageCredentialsAccountAndKey(accountName, accountKey));
//Get a reference to the page blob.
CloudPageBlob pageBlob = blobClient.GetPageBlobReference("mycontainer/mypageblob");
//Create a page blob 4 MB in size.
pageBlob.Create(4194304);
//Verify that this is a page blob.
pageBlob.FetchAttributes();
Console.WriteLine(pageBlob.Properties.BlobType);
}
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Remarks
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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